Word For The Day…

From Gratefulness.org

Strength means…acknowledging each of those feelings, your questions and ideas and faith and terror, and meeting what comes with the full force of your heart.

BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY

(PHOTO BY FRANK WINKLER)

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Scent Of Summer – Haiku

Written In Response To:

Frank J. Tassone Haikai Challenge #88 (6/1/19): summer-like (natsumeku) – This week, write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to summer-like (natsumeku) conditions (weather, activities, etc.)

the scent of jasmine

sun’s warmth penetrates body

summer in the heart

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Velvet Touches

Written In Response To:

Word Of The Day Challenge – Velvet

V.J.s Weekly Challenge #49:  Gadget – To participate, create a post on your own site (or leave a note in the comments), and link back here.

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #28 – Every Wednesday I post a photo.  You respond with something CREATIVE.

As a little girl growing up

living in a house of darkness

I developed this mechanical gadget

that helped me survive the atrocities

the only way a child could all on her own

 

As I grew into a young adult

this darkness would continue to rule

over my life attracting the darkness repeatedly

until this mechanical gadget could no

longer help me survive and finally broke…

 

Yet, this was the most beautiful day of my life

for I called out to no one but the One who would

pick up all the broken pieces of my mechanical gadget

and through His tender velvet touches of Grace

turned my mechanical gadget into a heart of love.

~ * ~

Word Count: 115

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Intoxicating – Haiku

Written In Response To:

Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #254 – Sweet & Heart

sweet the aroma

of nature’s heart in full bloom

intoxicating

~ * ~

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The Shield – Haiku

stainless steel face

reflects bitterness of heart

let Love melt the shield

~ * ~

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Compassion – Haiku

Written In Response To:

V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #48:  Compassion – To participate just create a post on your own blog, link back to this one, or leave a comment below.

a stirring of heart

to care for another’s plight

despite the differences

~ * ~

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Remedy – Haiku

Written In Response To:

Word Of The Day Challenge – Cloudy

a heart that’s cloudy

can turn the clearest day dim

gratitude is Sun

~ * ~

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Thawed By Love – Chained Hay(na)ku

Hay(na)ku is a 3-line poem with one word in the first line, two words in the second, and three in the third. There are no restrictions beyond this.  There are already some variations of this new poetic form. For instance, a reverse Hay(na)ku has lines of three, two, and one word(s) for lines one, two, and three respectively. Also, multiple Hay(na)ku can be chained together to form longer poems.  Writer’s Digest

Written In Response To:

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #84

Prompt:

Love

breaks through

hearts of ice

 

Thawing

the bitterness

of child shamed

 

Restoring

the broken

pieces back together

 

Warming

the heart

to trust again

~ * ~

As She Cries – Haiku

Written in response to:

NaPoWriMo Challenge 2019 – Day 22

Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge #250 – Action & Friction

the action of tears

as she cries an ocean full

shows friction of heart

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Word For The Day…

From Gratefulness.org

In truth, the heart must crack open if the soul is to become free. And you simply cannot think your way into that.

TERRY PATTEN